Device for extracting traction-wheels from holes.



S., E. L. H. E. ROHE. DEVICE FOR EXTRAOTING 'FF-.ACTION WHEELS FROM HOLES.

APPLICATION FILED IDEO. l, X513.

Patented De@ f STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EEE BOER, FOSTBIN ROT-IE, AND LOUIS I-I. F. ROHE, 0F KENMARE, NORTH DAKOTA. i

DEVICE FOR EXTRAOTING TRACTION-WHEELS FROM HOLES.

Specification of Iletters Patent.

Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

.application led December 1, 1913. Serial No. 804,097.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL Bonn, Eos'rnniiv Bonn, and Louis H. F. Renn, citizens o the Tiinited States, residing at Kenmare, in the county of TWard and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for EX- tracting lraction-illheels from Holes, ot which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices for use in connection with drive or tractive wheels for selfpropelled vehicles of all types, the same b eing an. improvementover the structure d1sclosed in a patent previously granted to us and bearing the lo. 1,067,940.

The object of our invention is, in general, to provide a deviceby means owhich the wheels may be drawn out or" sand, mud holes and the like.

More specifically, the object of our present invention is to provide the body member of the device a groove or channel which. will fora-,i f Jaide for the wheel during the passage of the wheel over the body member or block, thus particularly adapting the device for use in extracting the drive wheels of automobiles.

A further object of our invention is to so arrange the grooved body member or block of the device that it may be employed with the nsual form of tireI chains, the side chain portions thereof being supported by the block vithout the necessity of positioningr them in any grooves or channels as is the case in our previous construction. And a still iurther object oi our invention is to provide a novel form ot hook for securing the chain to the body member or block.

With 'these and other objects in view, our invention will be more fully described, illustinted in the accompanying drawing. and then speciiically pointed out in the claims which are attached to and form a part ot this application.

ln the. drawing; 1li gurel is a. side elevation, showing our improved device in operation, all portions ol' the vehicle, save one ot its traction wheels. being omitted: Fig. Q is a top plan view of the structure shown in li' i; Fig. S is' a. perspective view of the bodvmember ot the device, shown in `Figs. l and 2; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view ot a slight-ly modified form of construction, particularly adapted for use with metallic tractor wheels, such as those employed on traction engines and other types of heavily built self-propelled machines.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description` and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the same reference characters.

Uur invention, as in our previous patent, includes a body portion or. block 10, preferably consisting of a strip of wood, a chain or other flexible connection ll adapted to be detachably secured to one end of the body member by one end and by its opposite end to the wheel to be extracted. More specilically, the body member, which is substantially rectangular in shape, is provided in it-s upper face with a longitudinally extending groove or channel 12, the side walls A 13 of which are inclined outwardly as best shown in Fig. 3. This channel of the block, in eil'ect, provides longitudinally extending spaced ribs or shoulders 14 and the outer portions of these ribs or shoulders, -at one end, are cut-away to provide downwardly inclined supporting faces 15 immediately adjacent the. eiid of the channel 12, a portion of the ribs le remaining between these facesV and the channel as shown at 16. l

Secured by bolts v17, or other suitable means, to the lower face of the body member 10. and extending in advance of that end having the inclined faces 15, are L- shaped plates 1S, the shorter arms of these plates bearing against the adjacent end of the body member l0. rihese plates are secured one at either side of the body inember in such a manner that their upwardly directed end portions are in alinement with the ribs 14 and said end portions are cutaway to provide outbent hook forming tongues 19 for engagement through the links oie a tire chain.

ln .the use of our improved wheel extractor we preferably employ a tire chain. such a chain being indicatedby the numeral ll and including spaced side chains 2O connected by a plurality of transverse chain portions 21. As best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing the body portion of the block is so formed that when a tir chain of suitable size for use upon such a wheel as the device is to be em.- ployed with, is positioned upon the bodyv member, the side chains 20 will restiupo" the ribs 14, while'the cross-chains 21 seat in the base of lthe channel or groove 12 of the body member. Corresponding links adjacent the. ends 'of the side chains 20 are engagged upon the hooks 19 and the opposite end of the tire chain is secured to the wheel by ineens of an extended end portion 22 of one of the side chains, which end portion,

terminates in a snap-hook for engagement with the terminal link of the adjacent end of the side chain. This extended portion of the chain is passed. about the rim of. the wheel, between spokes as' shown in i"ig. l and the wheel rim is protected by a yad-member through which the chain eX- tension passes. This pad may be formed from a section of hose or a sleeve of leather, or other suitable material may be employed.

:i substantially triangular-shaped ring may be secured to the forward end of the block by insertion under one of the hook plates 1S and a chain 2G carried by the ring and terminating at its freel end in a. hook 2'? employed as a. means for drawing the block out of; the mud, sa ed or other trap from which the wheel has been extracted. The employment of the chain for this purpose will be readily understood, the chain and its hook being in any suitable manner engaged with one of the vehicle wheels after-the' wheel has passed from the body member and the vehicle then started ahead to draw the block after it.

@ne or more plates E28 may be secured to the lower face ot' the block at its rear end and provided with downwardly directed prongs 29 for engagement in the `ground or snow when the device is employed in extracting the wheels from 'frozen ruis, these prongs serving to prevent slipping or' the bloeit dur g' use.

For use with heavy metallic tmc-.tion

wheels of traction engines, steam plows and "the like, a slightly modilied forni of cond be noted that in both forms of our ice the of that hook adjacentV the block end rounded in order that the chain may become automatically disengaged from the hook or hooks by the passage of the Wheel off the block.

it will of course be understood that we do not wish te in any way limit durselves to the use of the speciic form of hook described or to the specific means for fastening the chain to the wheel as Various modiiications in construction, may be made at any time desired, without in any way departing from the spirit of our invention. Y

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

. l. A. device of the character described including a body member provided with a longitudinally extending groove having diverging side faces, a chain adapted to seat in the groove, means carried by one end of the chain for attaching the same to a vehicle wheel, and an upwardly and outwardly.

curred hook secured to one end of the body member.

device of the character desribed including a longitudinally grooved body meinbor, an -L-shaped'plate secured to one end oi' the body member, one arm vof said plate inging` cut-away and outbent to provide a hook, and a chain having links adapted for selective engagement with the hook and provided at one end with means Jfor attachment to a vehicle wheel.

3. A device of the character described including a body member provided with a lonlejitudinally extending groove haring diverging side l'aces providing spaced ribs, the ribs adjacent one end b Sing cut-away to provide inclined bearing faces, hooks secured to that end of the body adjacent the cut-away ends oil the ribs and in alinement with the ribs, a chain member including.; side chains haring `links adapted lor engagement with the hooks and cross chains connecting the side chains to seat in the groove of the body member, one. of the side chains-having an extension terminating in a snap-hook, said extension being covered with a protective casing.

4. A device of the character described including a body member provided with a longitudinally extending groove having diverg,` ing side faces, a chain adapted to seat in the groove, means carried by the chain for attachingr the same to a vehicle wheel, means for detachably securing' one end of the. block, and a second chain permanently secure-d to lthe block zit its forward end and terminating' in a. hook.

ln testimony whereof we albi; our signa tures inv presence of two witnesses.

LOUS H. F.

flitnesses J. M. Renn, l C. GLSEN.

RGHE. [n 8.] 

